It’s Wednesday and time for another FAQ session. Here are five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 Why is text spacing/positioning slightly different between the simulator and device? Answer The fonts are not the same between devices and simulator. The native.systemFont is different depending on the OS. On the Mac, it is LucidaGrande 24 pt. […]

It’s Wednesday and time for another FAQ session. Here are five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 How do I bring the Corona window back to the desktop? Answer This is a common issue with Windows programs where the window will disappear if it’s on an external display and the program is restarted without the […]

It’s Wednesday and time for another FAQ session. Here are five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 Now that you added the Lua File System (LFS), how can I use it to get a list of files in the /Documents directory? Answer The Lua File System was added starting with Corona build 2012.805. You can […]

It’s Wednesday and time for another FAQ session. Here are five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 When I create functions, I sometimes get error messages saying the function name was nil. I play with the code until the error goes away. What are the rules for getting it right?

It’s Wednesday and time for another five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 Why do images take longer to load on the new iPad (retina)? Answer This issue came up when a user was using large JPEG images on the new iPad Retina and noticed the time to load the images were a lot higher […]

It’s Wednesday and time for another five frequently asked questions (FAQ). Question 1 Should I use PNG or JPG image files in Corona? Answer The answer depends on the quality of the images you need and the size of your app package. Corona supports 32 bit PNG and 32 bit JPGs. PNG supports transparencies with […]

This is a new series of blog posts that will appear every Wednesday and covers five frequently asked questions (FAQ) from support cases, the forum, and documentation comments. Hopefully there will be something here for both the experienced Corona users and those using Corona for the first time. So let’s get started.

As our Corona Community expands, we get more and more people asking us how to get started with building their first app and learning the ropes. Of course, there’s always been great tutorial sites like LearningCorona.com and even a few professors teaching classroom courses about Corona SDK around the world, but those don’t always work out […]

Those of you who missed our November 11 webinar a couple weeks back (or those of you who just want to go over what was was covered during the webinar) can now watch it in its entirety below. This time around, Carlos walks you through Event Listeners (one of the core functionalities of Corona), plus […]